VietNamNet Bridge – As the country's commercial and industrial hub, HCM City has also taken the lead in taking care of its labour force, according priority to improving workers' living standards, a senior official said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of policemen hunted a young man who involved in a robbery and murder at a gold shop in the northern province of Hung Yen on May 1.

Reading A Perfect Spy, a book on Viet Nam's greatest undercover operative, Pham Xuan An, by American historian Larry Berman, one detail drew my attention: the 1958 imprisonment in Chin Ham (Nine Bunkers) Prison of Tran Quoc Huong

Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday said it plans to price its initial public offering (IPO) at 28 to 35 U.S. dollars a share, putting it on track to become the largest IPO for any Internet company.

 Big summer tour discounts offered; More prefer overseas destinations; Hue Festival attracts 2m visitors; Higher prices don't deter travellers

VietNamNet Bridge – To welcome Buddha’s birthday, a Buddhism art exhibition has opened in Hue city, entitled “Early Summer Lotus.”

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Nguyen Van San, a fisherman in Quy Nhon city of the central province of Binh Dinh caught a little shark on May 2.

Breastfeeding rate decline ‘alarming'; Vietnam workers in Russia to receive assistance; Container trucks seized from tree smugglers; Bus firm caught carrying rotten food again

VietNamNet Bridge – The 30th Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper's National Table Tennis Championship, also known as the PetroVietnam Cup, is scheduled to take place in the coastal city of Da Nang from May 7-15.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Filipino man left his hotel in the early morning and did not return. His family has searched for him for over ten days but they have not found out any trace.

VietNamNet Bridge – The volume of water leaked through the dam of Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plant has reduced by 98 percent, to 1.5 liters per second, reported a senior official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will consider the status of deputy Dang Thi Hoang Yen at its meeting on May 5. Earlier, Ms. Hoang Yen said she accepted dismissal.

Exchange promotes VN culture in Canada; Nguyen A’s lens captures ‘good’ popular faces; ‘Sixth International MANGA Awards’ open; ‘Face to Face’ depicts young artists’ self-portraits; Song composition contest begins in Da Nang

A series of cultural and intellectual events, as part of Europe Days in Vietnam 2012, will take place in localities nationwide this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – While Viet Nam continues to fight corruption and promote access to corruption-free public services, many people still think bribery is necessary in order to receive high-quality treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge – In order to prepare them for the first grade starting in September, many Hanoi parents choose to let their kids skip preschool classes to have time for handwriting ones.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has suggested reducing the corporate income tax and extending the VAT payment deadline in an effort to rescue businesses. The package is expected to cost 25 trillion dong.

Vietnam's National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi has received its first request from a foreigner to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic skin disease, according to the hospital director Nguyen Thanh Liem.

Truong Hai Auto Joint Stock Co., or Thaco, has spent US$3.5 million taking over a 51 percent stake in the specialized vehicle manufacturing company Soosung of the Republic of Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is considering a delay in applying the road maintenance fee until January 1, 2013, six months later than scheduled, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has qualified for the 2012 Olympics Games in London, according to the latest from the World Badminton Federation.

 Tennis tournaments to attract top professionals, amateurs; Golfers to tee off for Kings Island tournament; Da Nang's players called up to compete in international quest

Vietnamese, Lao women urged to uphold tradition; NA Chairman meets voters in Ha Tinh Province; VFF leader visits Buddhist patriarch

VietNamNet Bridge – The final shortlist of candidates for the most prestigious football prizes in Viet Nam includes one naturalised player, it was announced yesterday, May 3, in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Holding important positions at banks and working in the most lucrative business field of the national economy can bring both the opportunities to get rich and become moneyless.